Seth Cable writes:
I wanted to let you all know that Dean Rex Wallace of the Classics Department is organizing a reading group this semester focused on the Hittite language. The plan is to work through Theo van den Hout’s “The Elements of Hittite”, covering as much of the text and the exercises as possible. Anyone who might be interested is very welcome to come. The meetings will be on Thursdays from 9 to 10AM in Herter 546.
Carlos Molina-Vital, lecturer in the Spanish and Portuguese department and visiting professor of Linguistics at Hampshire College, is teaching an introductory course on Quechua in the Fall. The course is in English, and there is a Quechua 2 planned for Spring 2016. Here is how the course is described:
Quechua is not hard to learn. It is spoken by more people in the Americas than any other indigenous language (10-12 million speakers). No irregular verbs, clear structures. A great way to start learning a less-common language! It gives you a gateway to the Andean world, past and present.Our studies will examine current Andean culture in its context. Topics include high-altitude agriculture, religious syncretism, social-organization. We will study the Quechua world through basic Southern Quechua grammar (spoken in the Southern Peruvian Andes and Bolivia).
It meets MWF 11:15-12:05, and you’ll find it in SPIRE as Spanish 397Q-01.
Tom Roeper and Alice Harris write:
We are pleased that Roger HIggins has agreed to teach a class on Historical Aspects of English morphology on Tuesday Nov 18th, 1:00-3:30 in our class on English Morphology in the linguistics department. We welcome any visitors who might like to attend.
The Spanish & Portuguese program will offer a new Quechua language class for Spring 2015:
Introduction to Quechua Language and Culture
Instructor: Carlos Molina-Vital
SPAN 396 QCH
MWF 10:10-11:00
Prerequisite: Span 240 or Instructor's permission
Contact cmolinavita@spanport.umass.edu for more information.